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Bihar SIR Case : Live Updates From Supreme Court
The Supreme Court to hear today the pleas challenging #ElectionCommission's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in BiharOn the last date, the Court directed ECI to publish on websites district-wise list of names of 65 lakh voters deleted in the draft rolls (in EPIC-searchable format)It also ordered ECI to notify to the public that Aadhaar card can be submitted by those deleted from...
Supreme Court Refuses To List Application Against 'Umeed Portal', Says Will Consider In Waqf Amendment Act Challenge
The Supreme Court today (August 22) refused urgent listing of an application seeking the suspension of the 'Umeed Portal' launched by the Union Government for the online registration of waqfs, including waqfs-by-user.The Court orally said that it will consider this issue in its pending decision on the plea to stay the operation of the Waqf Amendment Act, 2025. "You register it, nobody is...
Supreme Court Orders Status Quo On Suit Against Sambhal Masjid Till Monday
The Supreme Court on Friday (August 22) ordered status quo till Monday (August 25) with respect to the Hindu plaintiffs' suit against the Sambhal Mosque in Uttar Pradesh. A bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar was hearing the Sambhal Mosque Committee's plea against the May 19, 2025 order of the Allahabad High Court that held that the suit against the...
Supreme Court Stays Coercive Action Against 'The Wire' Editor & Karan Thapar In Assam Police FIR Under S.152 BNS
The Supreme Court today granted interim protection from arrest to online news portal-The Wire's Founding Editor Siddharth Varadarajan and Consulting Editor-Karan Thapar in an FIR registered by Assam police under Section 152 of the BNS.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi passed the order after taking up the matter following a mentioning by Senior Advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan....
Supreme Court Prohibits Feeding Of Stray Dogs In Streets & Public Places Except Dedicated Areas
The Supreme Court held that it is illegal to feed stray dogs on the streets and in public places. The Court directed that stray dogs must be fed only in the dedicated feeding spaces to be created in each Municipal ward by the authorities. If anyone is found to violate this direction, they will be proceeded as per law. The Court passed this direction on the basis of reports regarding...
PIL In Supreme Court Seeking To De-Register Congress For "Vote-Chori" Campaign & Restrain Comments Against ECI
A public interest litigation has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking de-registration of the Indian National Congress as a political party as well as constitution of a special investigation team to investigate party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge's'Vote-Chori' campaign against the Election Commission of India.As a temporary measure, the petitioner seeks ex-parte...
Stray Dog Case Order : Live Updates From Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will pronounce today its order on the pleas to stay the directions passed by a two-judge bench on August 11 to remove the stray dogs in Delhi National Capital Region to shelter homes. A three-judge bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice NV Anjaria heard the matter. A two-judge bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan, on July...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : August 21, 2025
Links of today's Supreme Court reports :Some HC Judges' Performance Disappointing, They Should Reflect How Much Public Money Was Spent On Them Each Day : Justice Surya KantOffences Connected To S.172-188 IPC Can't Be Split Up To Bypass S.195 CrPC Bar : Supreme Court Lays Down PrinciplesLimitation Period For Offence Under Drugs & Cosmetics Act Starts From Receipt Of Drug Analyst's Report...
Supreme Court Proposes To Avoid Answering Question In Presidential Reference On Whether States Can File Article 32 Petition
The Supreme Court today orally said that it will not go into the 14th question of the Presidential Reference as to whether the Constitution bars the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to decide disputes between the Union Government and the State Governments, except by way of a suit under Article 131, and whether a State can file a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution. This...
PIL Cannot Be Used As A Mechanism To Settle Scores Between Competing Officers : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently held that the mechanism of Public Interest Litigation cannot be used to settle scores between competing government officers. The bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and NV Anjaria was hearing a batch of contempt petitions alleging the violation of the directions given in Prakash Singh & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors., (2006) 8 SCC 1 by...
Supreme Court To Pronounce Order Tomorrow On Plea To Stay Directions To Remove Stray Dogs In Delhi-NCR
The Supreme Court will pronounce tomorrow its order on the pleas to stay the directions passed by a two-judge bench on August 11 to remove the stray dogs in Delhi National Capital Region to shelter homes.A three-judge bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice NV Anjaria heard the matter. In a dramatic turn of events on August 13, the suo motu case relating to...